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III MARINE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE
Okinawa, Japan

Feb 6, 2017

Pat Wheeler demonstrates the fully automatic capabilities of his Thompson Sub Machine gun (Tommy Gun) for the group. The Marine Cryptologic Support Battalion (MCSB) participates in a Professional Military Education (PME) course focusing on WWII small arms used by the US Marines and Japanese with an emphasis on the Battle for Iwo Jima. The marines got to live fire historical arms from the war alongside gun and range club members at the Associated Gun Club of Baltimore in Marriottsville

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